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399 BC
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- February 15 – The Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by Athenian authorities, condemned for impiety and the corruption of youth.[1] He refuses to flee into exile and dies by drinking hemlock.
- Sparta forces Elis to surrender in the spring.
- The Spartan admiral, Lysander, tries to effect a political revolution in Sparta by suggesting that the king should not automatically be given the leadership of the army. He also suggests that the position of king should be elective. However, he is unsuccessful in achieving these reforms, and earns the disfavour of King Agesilaus II of Sparta.
- King Archelaus I of Macedon is killed during a hunt, by one of the royal pages, his lover Craterus.[2]
398 BC
- The ‘Panke Baobab’ tree would have sprouted this during this year.[16]
397 BC
396 BC
390 BC
- Hypereides, Athenian orator and politician (approximate date)
- The Tollund Man (approximate date, based on his being forty years old at the time of death)
399 BC
396 BC
395 BC
393 BC
392 BC
- Conon, Athenian general (approximate date)
391 BC
390 BC
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Humm, Michel (2014-09-19), Mineo, Bernard (ed.), "From 390 bc to Sentinum: Political and Ideological Aspects", A Companion to Livy, Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, pp. 342–366, doi:10.1002/9781118339015.ch26, ISBN 978-1-118-33901-5, retrieved 2022-07-04
Forsythe, Gary (2014-09-19), Mineo, Bernard (ed.), "The Beginnings of the Republic from 509 to 390 bc", A Companion to Livy, Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, pp. 314–326, doi:10.1002/9781118339015.ch24, ISBN 978-1-118-33901-5, retrieved 2022-07-04